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BOYFRIEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boyfriend mean? 

BOYFRIEND (noun)
  The noun BOYFRIEND has 1 sense:

1. a man who is the lover of a man or womanplay

  Familiarity information: BOYFRIEND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOYFRIEND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A man who is the lover of a man or woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beau; boyfriend; fellow; swain

Context example:

When the law changed, Pet could finally married his long-time boyfriend Jim

Hypernyms ("boyfriend" is a kind of...):

lover (a person who loves someone or is loved by someone)

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))


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